An Atlantic analysis of 2,475 Trump appointees shows that the White House has named twice as many men as women to administration positions. There are departments where female appointees outnumber male appointees, and in some cases men outnumber women four or five to one. Men significantly outnumber women in low-level positions as well as in high-level ones, with Trump’s Cabinet currently composed of 19 men and five women. Overall, 33 percent of Trump’s appointees are women, compared to 47 percent of the national workforce and 43 percent of the 2 million workers across the executive branch. Trump recently appointed Haspel as the first female director of the CIA. But, aside from Haspel, Trump has not put women forward for any top positions that were not previously held by a woman, meaning that large spans of the glass ceiling remain unbroken.
An Atlantic analysis of 2,475 Trump appointees shows that the White House has named twice as many men as women to administration positions. There are departments where female appointees outnumber male appointees, and in some cases men outnumber women four or five to one. Men significantly outnumber women in low-level positions as well as in high-level ones, with Trump’s Cabinet currently composed of 19 men and five women. Overall, 33 percent of Trump’s appointees are women, compared to 47 percent of the national workforce and 43 percent of the 2 million workers across the executive branch. Trump recently appointed Haspel as the first female director of the CIA. But, aside from Haspel, Trump has not put women forward for any top positions that were not previously held by a woman, meaning that large spans of the glass ceiling remain unbroken.